" Now in this way those who are trusted with something valuable must show that they
are worthy of that trust."
1 Corinthians 4:2 (New Century Version)
We have no liberty to do what we like with our natural enviornment; it is not ours to
treat as we please. "Dominion is not a synonym for "domination," let alone
"destruction." Since we hold it in trust, we have to manage it responsibly and
productively for the sake of both our own and subsequent generations.
John Stott
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
June 20
We are afflicted with spiritual indigestion. The violence that permeates earth is making
us literally heartsick. The papers are filled with bad news and the gossip rags are
atrocious. It isn't inquiring minds but unsound minds that want to know the latest garbage
and lies in another's life. We become what we behold and what we read. It's repulsive to
watch one sinner (and we are all sinners) crawl and dig through another's life to glean
the tiny bits of chaff just to titillate the public and finally destroy the person. What
has happened to common decency?
"In the last days...men will be...malicious gossips..." (2 Timothy 3:1,2).
Pat Nordman ©
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- Amos 9:9 |
"Straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him." - Mark 1:18 |
The Lord Jesus will surely use the fan which is in his hand, and will divide the precious from the vile. ... Husks and chaff being devoid of substance must fly before the wind, and only solid corn will remain. |
Do not give place to the devil by delay! Haste while opportunity and quickening are in happy conjunction. Do not be caught in your own nets, but break the meshes of worldliness, and away where glory calls you. |
June 20
Pr 1:1 - 3:35 |
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...and by his light I walked through darkness! JOB 29:3 NIV
Just For Today by Pat Nordman
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This gem is from Everyday Religion, by Dr. Joseph Fort Newton: Just for today let us adjust ourselves to what is, our family, our business, our luck, and not try to make the world over to suit us. It is a large order--if we cannot have what we like, maybe we can like what we have. Just for today let us be agreeable, responsive, cheerful, charitable, be our best, dress our best, walk softly, praise people for what they do, not criticize them for what they cannot do, and if we find fault, forgive it and forget it. Just for today suppose we do not hurry, or worry, or fly into a flurry, or hem and haw about a decision, but snap it out, cut the knot, and have done with it. It is amazing how indecision can tear one in two and wreck a day. Just for today let us get people off our nerves, and not get on their nerves, appreciate the noble and gracious things they do--how brave and kind and lovely they are--often enough when their hearts are sore and heavy. Just for today let us ditch all the grudges we have against life because it did not give what we thought we ought to have, as if anyone ever got all he wanted. Let us look at it with fresh eyes and discover the wonder of it. Just for today let us study something useful which requires attention, concentration, and do a bit of real thinking. Also, let us do a good turn for someone on the sly and not get caught--else it does not count. Just for today – every day – let us do at least two things we do not want to do, for exercise, to show that we are still boss. Let us not show anyone that our feelings are hurt; if they are hurt, let us hide it with a smile. Just for today let us find or make a little time for quiet, to relax, to realize what life is and can be, and to resolve to make more of it; time to think about God and get things straight on the inside, untangled and clean. Send a note to © Pat Nordman , the writer of this devotion. |
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